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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Artur Saryev (ranked 3793 p4p, 3942 weight class) and Rylan Pollard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Artur Saryev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rylan Pollard!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pollard darts in and clinches Saryev up against the cage.
Saryev lands an elbow just above Pollard 's eye.
It looks like Rylan Pollard has been cut.
Saryev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Decent striking displayed by Saryev there.
Pollard moves out of range of the strikes.
Saryev bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Saryev's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pollard connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Saryev scrambles back to his feet.
Saryev tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pollard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pollard throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab lands there for Pollard.
A combination from Pollard does no damage.
Saryev tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pollard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lazy body kick from Saryev
and Pollard counters with a left and a right that stings Saryev.
Saryev misses with a hook.
Pollard smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Saryev tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Saryev misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saryev scores with a nice right hand.
Pollard misses with a few strikes there.
Saryev throws the left hand but Pollard avoids the punch easily.
Pollard dips to his left and cracks Saryev with an uppercut!
Pollard lands a lovely overhand right.
Pollard is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Saryev is looking to clinch but Pollard is avoiding it.
Saryev works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Pollard avoids the head kick by Saryev.
Pollard cracks Saryev with a good jab.
Saryev fails in his attempt to clinch.
Saryev throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pollard counters with a straight right hand.
Saryev drives through and clinches with Pollard against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saryev keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pollard's efforts to push away.
Pollard working hard to break the clinch.
Saryev keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pollard's efforts to push away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Pollard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pollard avoids the elbow strike from Saryev, against the cage.
Pollard is trying to break the clinch but Saryev is controlling him.
Pollard is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Saryev throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pollard can't break the clinch.
Saryev misses with a knee to the head.
Saryev keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pollard's efforts to push away.
Pollard is trying to force a seperation but Saryev has the dominant position.
Saryev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Saryev prevents Pollard from breaking the clinch.
Saryev lands an elbow just above Pollard 's eye.
Saryev tries to break free but Pollard pushes him back against the cage.
Pollard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pollard has had enough of the clinch but Saryev keeps him there for the moment.
Saryev with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saryev lands an elbow inside.
Pollard is trying to break the clinch but Saryev is controlling him.
Pollard is trying to force a seperation but Saryev has the dominant position.
Pollard has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Pollard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Saryev breaks from the clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Saryev. That's going to slow Pollard down.
Pollard drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A solid leg kick lands there for Saryev.
Saryev is looking to clinch.
Pollard scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Artur Saryev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pollard throws the left hand but Saryev avoids the punch easily.
A shot to the liver by Pollard. Beautiful body shot.
That kick from Saryev tenderised Pollard's leg. Pollard is trying to keep his angry face on.
Saryev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Saryev moves to clinch but Pollard breaks away
and Saryev takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pollard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pollard misses with the combination.
Pollard throws a series of strikes that have Saryev backpedaling.
Pollard lands with a shot to the body.
Pollard has Saryev up against the cage in a clinch.
Pollard is trying to push Saryev away but Saryev has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Saryev is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Pollard is trying to force a seperation but Saryev has the dominant position.
Pollard is trying to break free.
Saryev digs a right hand into Pollard's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pollard's gas tank.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rylan Pollard will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rylan Pollard's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Saryev throws a sloppy head kick
and Pollard counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Saryev tries to clinch up but Pollard circles away and keeps his distance.
Saryev fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pollard.
Saryev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Saryev tries to clinch up but Pollard circles away and keeps his distance.
Artur Saryev is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pollard goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Saryev on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pollard closes the distance and clinches.
Pollard is trying to force a seperation but Saryev has the dominant position.
Saryev is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Saryev lands a damaging elbow.
Saryev breaks the clinch.
Saryev closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A shot to the body from Pollard misses
and Saryev counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saryev has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Saryev there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Saryev. Pollard shrugs it off though.
Pollard slips under a jab.
Saryev throws the left hand but Pollard avoids the punch easily.
Pollard lands a glancing blow to the side of Saryev's head.
Saryev is looking to land body kicks.
Saryev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pollard swings for the body but Saryev moves out of range.
Saryev throwing a counter right hand but Pollard manages to avoid it.
Saryev wants to clinch up but Pollard keeps it at a distance.
A jab lands there for Pollard.
Saryev clinches with his opponent.
Pollard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Decent striking displayed by Pollard there.
Saryev clinches.
Saryev tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pollard's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saryev is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pollard is defending well for now.
Pollard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pollard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pollard wants to get back to striking at distance but Saryev won't allow it.
Saryev has Pollard pressed against the cage, preventing Pollard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pollard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pollard has had enough of the clinch but Saryev keeps him there for the moment.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Saryev working aggressively here.
Pollard dodges an elbow strike from Saryev.
Pollard tries to break the clinch but Saryev is controlling the position.
Pollard is looking to break free of the clinch but Saryev has double underhooks.
Saryev can't break the clinch.
Saryev with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Saryev throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Saryev tries a knee to the head but Pollard blocks it.
Saryev wants to stall.
Saryev using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pollard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pollard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pollard is trying to break the clinch but Saryev is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Pollard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pollard has had enough of the clinch but Saryev keeps him there for the moment.
Saryev misses with a short punch on the inside.
Saryev connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pollard's face.
Saryev lands a knee to the head.
Pollard wants to get back to striking at distance but Saryev won't allow it.
Saryev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pollard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pollard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Saryev looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Saryev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Saryev misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saryev throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pollard blocks it with crossed arms.
Pollard is trying to break the clinch but Saryev has him pressed against the cage.
Pollard working hard to break the clinch.
Saryev has Pollard pressed against the cage, preventing Pollard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pollard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Saryev has Pollard pressed against the cage, preventing Pollard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pollard tries to break the clinch but Saryev is controlling the position.
Pollard takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pollard.
Pollard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pollard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pollard takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pollard avoiding damage as Saryev throws knees to the body.
Pollard tries to break free but Saryev pushes him back against the cage.
Pollard is looking to break free of the clinch but Saryev has double underhooks.
Saryev throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pollard blocks it with crossed arms.
Saryev lands a damaging elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Artur Saryev dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rylan Pollard's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Saryev misses with a hook.
Pollard clinches up with Saryev and pushes him back against the cage.
Saryev landing knees to the body.
Pollard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Saryev throws an elbow but it misses.
Saryev landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The referee is keeping an eye on Saryev - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Saryev scores with a knee to the head.
Pollard is looking to break free of the clinch but Saryev has double underhooks.
Saryev looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pollard is trying to break the clinch but Saryev has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Pollard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pollard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Saryev fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pollard blocking some punches.
Pollard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Saryev lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Saryev throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saryev tries to land a knee to the head but Pollard blocks with his arms.
Saryev throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pollard can't break the clinch.
Pollard is trying to push Saryev away but Saryev has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pollard is trying to force a seperation but Saryev has the dominant position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Saryev throws an elbow but misses.
Saryev has Pollard pressed against the cage, preventing Pollard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Saryev breaks from the clinch.
Saryev throws a lazy head kick
and Pollard makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pollard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Saryev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pollard lands a nice looking body shot.
Saryev misses with a wild body shot.
Saryev gets tackled into the cage by Pollard. Pollard maintains the clinch.
Saryev has Pollard pressed against the cage, preventing Pollard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Saryev prevents Pollard from breaking the clinch.
Pollard is trying to push Saryev away but Saryev has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Saryev lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Saryev prevents Pollard from breaking the clinch.
Saryev is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pollard tries to circle away but Saryev has him pinned against the cage.
Saryev swings wildly with an uppercut but Pollard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saryev misses with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pollard is trying to break the clinch but Saryev has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Pollard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pollard tries to circle away but Saryev has him pinned against the cage.
Pollard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Saryev lands an elbow inside.
Pollard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Saryev pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Danga de danga de dang - Pollard scores with a four punch combination!
Saryev tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pollard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pollard lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A jab from Pollard does it's job there.
Saryev lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Saryev.
Saryev avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Pollard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pollard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pollard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Saryev.
Saryev tried to counter with a leg kick but Pollard avoided it.
Pollard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Saryev moves into the clinch successfully.
Saryev looking to throw knees to the head but Pollard is blocking nicely.
Saryev looking to slow down the pace here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pollard as Saryev tries to tie him up.
Maybe Saryev would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Saryev misses with an elbow over the top.
Saryev tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pollard manages to break the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Artur Saryev.
I think Saryev has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Artur Saryev!
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